hostility

hos·til·i·ty  (h-stl-t)

n. pl. hos·til·i·ties

1. The state of being hostile; antagonism or enmity. See Synonyms at enmity.

2.

a. A hostile act.

b. hostilities Acts of war; overt warfare.

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hostility [hɒˈstɪlɪtɪ]

n pl -ties

1. enmity or antagonism

2. an act expressing enmity or opposition

3. (Military) (plural) fighting; warfare

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hostility

1. a feeling or state of antagonism.
2. an expression or act of war. — hostile, adj.

See also: War

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	hostility - a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition; "he could not conceal his hostility" ill will unfriendliness - an unfriendly disposition virulence, virulency - extreme hostility; "the virulence of the malicious old man"
	2.	hostility - a state of deep-seated ill-will       antagonism, enmity state - the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state" latent hostility, tension - feelings of hostility that are not manifest; "he could sense her latent hostility to him"; "the diplomats' first concern was to reduce international tensions" state of war, war - a legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply; "war was declared in November but actual fighting did not begin until the following spring" cold war - a state of political hostility between countries using means short of armed warfare suspicion - the state of being suspected; "he tried to shield me from suspicion"
	3.	hostility - the feeling of a hostile person; "he could no longer contain his hostility" ill will, enmity hate, hatred - the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action animosity, animus, bad blood - a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility class feeling - feelings of envy and resentment of one social or economic class for toward another antagonism - an actively expressed feeling of dislike and hostility aggression, aggressiveness - a feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack belligerence, belligerency - hostile or warlike attitude or nature bitterness, rancor, rancour, resentment, gall - a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
	4.	hostility - violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked aggression action - something done (usually as opposed to something said); "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions" meat grinder - any action resulting in injury or destruction; "the meat grinder of politics destroyed his reputation"; "allied forces crumbled before the Wehrmacht meat grinder" violence, force - an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists); "he may accomplish by craft in the long run what he cannot do by force and violence in the short one" pillaging, plundering, pillage - the act of stealing valuable things from a place; "the plundering of the Parthenon"; "his plundering of the great authors"

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hostility

noun

1. unfriendliness, hatred, animosity, spite, bitterness, malice, venom, antagonism, enmity, abhorrence, malevolence, detestation She looked at Ron with open hostility.
unfriendliness goodwill, friendliness, amity, cordiality, sympathy, congeniality

2. opposition, resentment, antipathy, aversion, antagonism, ill feeling, bad blood, ill-will, animus hostility among traditionalists to this method of teaching history
opposition agreement, approval

plural noun

warfare, war, fighting, conflict, combat, armed conflict, state of war Military chiefs agreed to cease hostilities throughout the country.
warfare peace, alliance, treaty, ceasefire, truce

Translations

hostility [hɒsˈtɪlɪtɪ] N

1. (= animosity) → hostilidad f

2. hostilities (Mil) → hostilidades fpl
to cease/resume hostilities → cesar/reanudar las hostilidades

hostility [hɒˈstɪlɪti] n → hostilité f

hostility

n

→ Feindseligkeit f; (between people) → Feindschaft f; to show hostility to somebody → sich jdm gegenüber feindselig verhalten; to show hostility to something → einer Sache (dat) → feindlich gegenüberstehen; feelings of hostility → feindselige Gefühle pl; he feels no hostility toward(s) anybody → er ist niemandem feindlich gesinnt; there is some hostility among them to the idea → sie sind teilweise gegen den Gedanken; hostility to foreigners → Ausländerfeindlichkeit f

hostilities pl (= warfare) → Feindseligkeiten pl

hostility [hɒsˈtɪlɪtɪ] n → ostilità f inv

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hostility [hɒsˈtɪlɪtɪ] n → ostilità f inv